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Otago Witness, Issue 1825, 12 November 1886, Page 1

The Stud. rffto mHE GRAND JJTJIpjpIL CARRIAGE stallion: 1> E X T E R (The Pboperty of Db Oouqhtrev) WILL TRAVEL THIS .SEASON IS THE DUNEDIN, TAIERI, AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. DEXTER is a half-brother to the famous SPOT, being out of the same dam, but was got by a better 6ire than Spot's father. Dexter blbq has thrown better stock, and has proved himself a sure foalgetter. During the last season his percentage' of successful stinoing hns been unusually high, several well-known mares that had previously had no re.sult from other sires having proved to be in foal to Dexteb. - •, Hols now 10 years old, 16 hand H inches high, and is sound, and last year, notwithstanding the 1 hard work he underwent, he was stronger and In better condition at the end of the season than be was at the beginning. He is a rich.dark brown colour with black points; has splendid action ; is a good walker ; an easy and rapid trotter ; has grand I bone, and a decile temper, He has never been beaten, in the prize ring. • Dexteb's sire is the noted horse Tausnan, bred in Canterbury by Mr 3. W. Malloek. got' by the famed Traducer, dam Azucena, by Towton— Meff Merrilees; by St. George— Gipsy ; St. -George, by St. George— Whisker mare, well known in New South 'Wales -as Single's mare, the dam and granddam of noted ho: ses. Dextee's dam is Gentie Annie, the far-famed Trotting mare (well known both in Otago and Cantarburj>> imported from Australia. For »peed nud as a weight carrier she was unexcelled, in her' day. In 1866, on the Papanui Road, Gentle Annie, wlfii 13st up, won a four-mile trotting , race in 12mlu 40sec. beating Orlando by 174 yds. -Orlando carried Bst 71b, and had the master rider, Bob Ray, np. The stakes were £100.— Press, July 26, 1866. TEES FOB THE SERVICE OF THE HOBSE FOR THB SEASON. One mare ... ... ... £t 4s Two mares (same owner) ... £7 7s Three ... £10 10s Four „ „ „ ... £12 12s Full guarantee terms — £6 6s per mare,: No half-guarantee terms will be accepted.' -'-• Groomage fee each mare, ss. Mares sold or exchanged held as in foal. As the number, of mares will be limited, and several are alreaby booked, early application is necessary. Good paddocks for mares sent from the coui.try. For further particulars »nd testimonials about the horse from breeders in Canterbury and Otago, „ Applyto 290 OWNER, or GROOM IN CHARGE. TO STAND THIS SEASON, atj AthoX „. .* B ? n nti t Farm> fiast Ta'eri. the Imported Clydesdale Horse r IiOllI) SALISBURY! Lobd Salisbury is by young ConqueYoVt c-sire. Old Conqueror, the property of James Kerr ; «-«- sire, Renfrewshire Jock, the property of Samuel Clarke; g-g-g-sire. Lofty, the property of Samuel Clarke j g-g-g-g-slre, Fancy, the property of Mr Eskings ; g-gg-g-g-sire. Old Clyde, tbe property 01 Mr Frame. Dam, Darling, by Tintock. '• Sir© of Young Conqueror was Mr Andrew Logan's Lord Clyde. LoKd SAMSBiray is a pure' Clydesdale, and was bred by Mr Cunningham. Tat.breode; DalbeaUie ; was ioaled in May 1875 ; is a koqA brown, with three; wh,ite- legs and white face, splendid feet and pasterns, hue Hat hard bone, with beautiful hair on •his legs, and quality all over sucM as is'rarely'to be seen. -Lobd Salisbuby was exli'bited as a yearling at Ayr Show in May" 1876, and won .First' Prize; at Ardrosson he won l^ir^t Prize ; at Kilmarnoclt. in 1877, when a two-year-old, he won First Prize, "with Medal for Best Horse in the yard ; at Dairy, in 18.77. he won First Prize; at Ayr, in May 187J 1 , First Prize ; at Glasgow, in May 1887. First Prize ; at tha Royal English, Liverpool. July 1877. First Prize; at the H.S. Show, Edinburgh. July 1877, First Prise. Lobd Salisbury was shown at Dunedin in 1883-4. taking First Honours, and also Silver Cup for Best Horse on the ground ; also, at Taieri Show, in 1883-4. First Prizes, and the Society's Medal for Seat Horse on the ground. First and Champion at Dunedin and Taieri 1885. • • • ; ' First-class grass paddock provided for Mares from a distance, at Athol Bank, Bast Taieri, " 2s 6d will be charged after the first four weeks. Mares sent by rail, and consignpd to ROBEBT GAWU.Mosgiel^wiH be promptly attended to; every care. .taken,. bufe.no responsibilty. All mares sold or. exchanged, the owner at first service held responsible. Terms t Ten Guineas— five payable at the end of the season, and five when mare has proved la foal. Groom fee, ss. ROBBRroSifCN, Proprietor, c, De«f Bark, North Taieri. .